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Stein talked about this on his podcast.  He said "Houston will weigh a run at Kyrie if they are unsuccessful in attracting Harden".  He went on to say "the only verified confirmed team bidding for Kyrie is Dallas".  Houston will 'weigh it', but no evidence of anyone else showing interest at this point.  "Kyrie by all accounts wants to stay with Dallas".

Haynes said "that would be interesting" and he hadn't heard that one.  The Houston owner "is not happy" and "getting a star if priority number one".  But he said he thinks Kyrie returns to Dallas.  "It would take a real hang-up in negotiations to veer him off that course".  He does think some teams are going to "surface expressing interest in Kyrie trying to line up meetings" in the next week or so.  That last part sounded like he knew something (if you listen to Haynes, he likes to drop these little teases and then come back later and tell us what he knew when he said such-and-such).

Stein said Dallas is trying to thread the needle and get the most team friendly deal that Kyrie will accept.  Kyrie needs external interest to get some leverage.

The Haynes tidbit is way more interesting to me. He appears to take it a step farther and is more confident than not that Kyrie is returning. This echoes what Stein has previously put out as well. I do think Kyrie is returning, but the contract is going to make most sick imo.

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$28M split’s handsomely into 2 $14M contracts. MLE is $12M. We beat most offers for Brooks and Williams (if not all). They would fit nicely on the team.

Could go McDaniels at $12M and Williams at $16M to make sure Bos doesn’t match. $13m and $15M? $12.5 and $15.8 (there is $.3M in leftovers!).

Room MLE would be 8 mil as FGump pointed out no? I'm really not sure what 14M gets you nowadays in terms of role players. Dillon Brooks? Grant Williams? Are these the guys that will vault this team from mediocrity to contention? Are they worth letting go Kyrie and S/W Bertans?